2-5A-1
Section 2-5A-1 Establishment; powers and duties. (a) The Farmers' Market Authority is established in the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The authority shall have the powers and duties to establish agricultural markets to prevent waste and to provide marketing facilities where farm products, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, truck crops, and other agricultural commodities, and fish products, including, but not limited to, farm-raised fish, shellfish, and wild fish, may be processed, graded, packaged, displayed, or exhibited in order to encourage the buying and selling of the commodities, and to encourage the public interest, thus promoting good will between the rural and urban sectors of the State of Alabama. The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may procure by purchase, lease, rent, gift, or otherwise, necessary market sites in this state on which to conduct farmers' markets. (b)...
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2-8-193
Section 2-8-193 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Generally. (a) Any commission, established by the mutual agreement of any two or more nonprofit associations of cotton producers, fairly and substantially representative of the producers of cotton throughout the state, may at any time after May 5, 1981, make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among cotton producers of the state, upon the question of levying an assessment, collecting, expending and utilizing the same for the purpose or purposes authorized under this article and as stated in such referendum. For the purpose of determining whether the cotton producers are fairly represented by such applicant, the nonprofit associations establishing the commission or the commission shall submit to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for approval or disapproval a plan or system for dividing the state...
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21-5-1
Section 21-5-1 Created; duties generally; promulgation of rules and regulations. There is hereby created the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, by which name this chapter shall be known, for the purpose of carrying on a continuing program to promote the employment of the physically, mentally, emotionally, and otherwise handicapped citizens of Alabama. Such committee shall work in close cooperation with both state and federal agencies having responsibility for the rehabilitation and employment of the handicapped and shall be charged with the duty of creating state-wide interest in and more effectively carrying out the purpose of such agencies. Such committee shall be authorized to make necessary rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, for promoting its purposes. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §1.)...
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22-52-92
Section 22-52-92 Applicability to counties. (a) This article shall not be applicable to any county unless and until the judge of probate with the approval of the county commission of that particular county makes a finding that there exists in the county provisions for implementation of the community mental health officer program and the necessary facilities to detain persons pursuant to this article. In that event, the judge of probate shall open a case under a docket number and enter therein findings upon the records of the court which shall also expressly state the intention thereby to invoke this article. Notification and a copy of the court's findings and statement shall be served on all designated mental health facilities located within the county, all law enforcement agencies within the county, the Commissioner of the state Department of Mental Health, the state Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Governor of the State of Alabama, and any other persons deemed...
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29-2-250
Section 29-2-250 Creation; composition, and meetings; compensation; duties; report; funding. (a) There is created the Alabama Commission to Reduce Poverty. The commission shall consist of the chair and vice chair of the House Education Appropriations Committee or their designees; the chair and vice chair of the House Government Appropriations Committee or their designees; the chair and vice chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee or their designees; the chair and vice chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee or their designees; three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker; three members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; one member appointed by the Alabama Poverty Project; one member appointed by Alabama Arise; one member appointed by Alabama Community Action Agencies; one member representing the faith community appointed by the Governor; one member appointed by the Low Income Housing Coalition; two...
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29-2-273
Section 29-2-273 Goals and objectives; funding. (a) The committee shall make a continuous study of the energy supply for the state and make recommendations for legislation and initiatives that will create the necessary institutional and regulatory changes to accomplish the overall goals and objectives of the state in a manner that benefits the economy and protects the environment. (b) The continuing study conducted by the committee, and recommendations submitted to the Governor and the Legislature, shall be designed to achieve the following goals and objectives, provided that those goals and objectives may be met while still providing reliable and affordable energy to Alabama residents: (1) The expansion of diverse sources of fuels to be used to meet Alabama's current and future energy needs through each of the following methods: a. Encouraging a diverse fuel mix among electric supply generation that promotes reliability and minimizes negative impacts that would result from electric...
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29-2-274
Section 29-2-274 Advisory subcommittees. The chair and vice chair of the committee shall jointly create and appoint members to advisory subcommittees, as deemed necessary by the committee, which shall include members of the committee and representatives from governmental agencies. The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, or his or her designee, shall be a member of each advisory subcommittee created. Each advisory subcommittee shall be co-chaired by one legislative member of the advisory committee and one governmental entity member having significant knowledge, experience, and expertise in the subject or subjects the subcommittee is responsible for studying. The co-chairs of the advisory committees shall reflect the racial, ethnic, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs may make recommendations to the chair and vice chair of the committee for the appointment of...
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32-6-302
Section 32-6-302 Issuance of distinctive tags; fees; proof of retirement; design. (a) Owners of motor vehicles or their spouses who are residents of Alabama and who are receiving monthly retirement checks from an education retirement pension program from any state, shall be eligible to apply for and receive "Retired Educator" numbered or personalized distinctive license tags as provided in this division. Owners of motor vehicles or their spouses who are residents of Alabama and who are currently employed by a public or private education school system, college, university, institution, or who are active and contributing members of an education retirement pension program, whether in-state or out-of-state program, shall be eligible to apply for and receive "Educator" numbered or personalized distinctive license tags as provided in this division. An applicant to receive a "Retired Educator" or "Educator" numbered or personalized distinctive license tag for private passenger or motor...
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36-14-17
Section 36-14-17 Centralized data collection and display regarding appointees to certain state entities. (a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. A state board, commission, committee, task force, or similar multi-member entity created by executive order of the Governor or by law and having statewide or regional jurisdiction or application. (2) VACANCY. A vacancy in an existing board, or a new, unfilled board position. (b)(1) By December 4, 2006, the chair of an existing board or the appointing authority for the members of a newly created board shall provide the Secretary of State, in an electronic format prepared and distributed by the Secretary of State, the following data pertaining to the board: a. The name of the board, its mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address. b. The name of each appointee to the board. c. The date of appointment, term of appointment, and expiration date of the term of appointment of each appointee....
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9-8A-14
Section 9-8A-14 Exemption of cost-share grants from taxation. The gross income for Alabama income tax purposes of an eligible person receiving a cost-share grant from the commission pursuant to this chapter shall not include the amount of such cost-share grant. The commission shall take such steps as may be necessary to qualify the cost-share grant program provided herein with the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Secretary of Agriculture as a program qualifying under Section 126(a)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. (Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-123, p. 169, §16; Acts 1986, No. 86-426, p. 775, §15.)...
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